Shoe-pad.



L. S. ROWE.

SHOE PAD.

APPLIOATIONILED SEPT. 30, 1 911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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.To dll whom it may concern Beit known "that I, LEWIS S. Bowie, a'jcitizen ofthe United States,-residing at Santa Barbara, inthe county of Santa Barbara and State of'California, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shoe-Pads, of which the following is aspecification, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawing.`

This inventionrelates. toheel pads for shoes, and has for its .object toprovide a pad orprotector .which may be easily vand '.'quickly applied;to shoesdurmg the manufacture othe lsame orfafter.

n .A further Object ofthe invention is to conv-struotan:article of thischaracter in a peculiarzmannenfwhereby' the heel is.- prevented Y,fromsmoviinggup and downxand sidewise,

.thereby not-.only making the shoe fit more comfortablygbut saving the.foot covering as'.

NVith.thefabove:and otherobjects in view, the-, invention .consistsin'thenovel. features offconstruction, .combination andA arrange# .ment:ofparts hereinafter described, pointed.outin'the'.olaiinsand.illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich* thegpad-.orfprotector; Fig. 3 isa sectional Viewl on the line-3-'3 .off Fig. 2.

bein preferably formed fromffelt and. provide with a central opening 3,said opening being substantiall elliptical in shape. .That ,portionofthe pa surrounding-the'opening 3 is. gradually tapered. or v'reducedin thick-` ness, .towardits outer edges, thereby providing a padwhich-is thickestadjacent the openin .-3, ...andai-.afv point wherethezpressure o the. heel ,.f Vthe vwearer .isA greatest'.

lThe.outeranldinner -facesof the pad 2 are 'convex andconcavere'spectiv'ely.- as. indicated .at 4.an'd`5 so thatthe pad moreAreadily 4con- .:forms 'gto Athe v..conc,avoconvex lform of the heelcounter, therebypermitting of the easy.

insertionfof v the heel ofthe foot into the shoe.

.'Tojthefouterface of the pad 2 is pasted A..or-.1lotherwise1 suitablysecured a backing',

"ofisioft leather, said backing being the'same1 `size-*asgthe pad 2 sothat vthe latter isen- 'l tirely covered. A `A. facing strip is providedand tapers slightly toward its upperend,

and 'glued or otherwise suitably secured to the inner face of the pad 2so that theouter face of the strip 7 is devoid of obstructions. It willbo observed from reference to Fig.1

opening 3 of the pad and lies closely against the wall thereof.

`The dimensions. of the strip 7 are such that the edges `thereof projectbeyond Vthe edges of the pad 2,.whereby the pad is secured in itsVproper position atthe heel lcounter of thev shoe byigluing. theprojected. .edges of the-strip to the heel countenl .The -upper edge ofthe strip -7 is stitched. to-.the upper Vedge of the: heel oftheshoe,'.which prevents said strip-.from becoming displacedA atthis ypoint, when the shoe isbeing-,placed on the foot. Thev lower edge of.the strip -7isbent `soas to rest upon the heel .andis-heldin the ball ofthe .heel Arest-s V.upon the `li'faoing strip 7, the .cavity-ordepression-inthe-central portion of the heel pad,formedrin-.the mannerabove described, receivingzthezcentral portion ofthe .back of the heel,lthereby preventing the .heel from movingfupand down or sidewise, thuseliminating thisob saving the foot covcringas well asA the lining of theshoe. f

If desired and as. shownin Fig. 4l dotted lines, the strip.7 maybeso-secured tothe pad 2 that the central portion of thefsame' isstretchedacross lthe openin .3, thereby prd- .the-backing 6 andfacingstrip.7,-for` vcontact with the ball of the. heel.

y Having thus described the invention, I claim:` 1 V l 1. .Thecombination with-ashoe,.of apad ing formed-thereimsaidpad being' shapedto; conform to the inner. Asurface ofthehheel counter of the shoe,-andfaiacing strip of flexible. material .arran ged gnipon' the inner.aceof thefpa'dmnd upon'the wall of the .opening ,therei-n, the edges ofsaid strip extendingfbeyond theedges'of the pad and being'secured to theheel counter to hold the pad in position.

2. The combination with a shoe, of a pad -consisting of .compressiblematerial having said strip being also formed from leather".

that this facing strip also extends intothe ducing,in effect, an air camber 'between` place by Vpasting .the sameto` the-sole lining.-

From this construction itwill be seen that" jection experienced inwalking,fand:thus.

...im of yielding material having.a central open-l a central openingtherein and being gradually reduced in thickness from said .opening toits edges, said pad beino shaped to -conform to the inner surface of theheel counter of the shoe, and a flexible facing strip arranged upon theinner face of the pad and extending into the opening thereof, portionsof said strip being extended beyond the edges of the pad and secured tothe shoe to hold the pad against displacement.

3. The combination with a shoe, of a felt A pad of concavo-convex formprovided with a central opening, a flexible backing secured to theconvex face of the pad, and aflexible facing secured to the concave face-of the vpad and 'lying closely against the wall of the opening therein,theedges of said facing extending beyond the edges of the pad and beingsecured to the' shoe to hold said pad against displacement.

Intestimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwowi'tnesses.

' LEWIS S. ROWE. Witnesses:

E. J. TAYLOR, l B. H. FISH.

